BKS demands transfer of subsidy directly to farmers' account

Bhartiya Kisan Sangh today demanded the Centre to directly transfer the subsidy amount to the bank accounts of the farmers to avoid delays and not to permit the use of Genetically Modified seeds in the country.
In a resolution adopted today, the concluding day of the three-day national conference "Agri Expo-2016", RSS-affiliated Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) also demanded that farmers be given the Minimum Support Price for their produce.
"Genetically Modified seeds should not be allowed in the country, farmers be given the best Minimum Support Price (MSP) on their produce, and full subsidy be paid in farmers' accounts directly," BKS General Secretary Badri Narayan Choudhary told reporters here.

Demanding that the Centre announce new MSP, BKS National President I N Basvegowda said if it is not done, the farmer's body would launch a country-wide agitation from March 4.
He said every political party in 2014 Lok Sabha polls had promised to provide the best MSP to farmers but it has not been implemented yet due to which farmers have been facing hardships.
"Even a Parliamentary Committee had recommended that farmers should be given the best price for procuring their produce. The Union government should explain what the problem is," Basvegowda said.
"If the Union government does not announce new MSP, BKS would launch 'vada nibhao, kisan bachao' (fulfil promise, save farmer) agitation country-wide from March 4," the BKS President said.

Farmers and representatives from several states participated in the event.